# Incident 20000330001789I: Boeing 767332, New York, NY, March 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2000, 20:53 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182DN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182DN-2025-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-332 (registry code 1385101, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767332
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00IA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330001789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 3/30/00, DELTA BOEING MODEL 767, S/N 25987, HAD EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED 60 DEGREE BANK ROLL TO RIGHT. THE CREW THEN APPLIED FULL LEFT AILERON, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECOVER UNTIL THE CREW APPLIED THE LEFT RUDDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN RECOVERED AND FLEW NORMALLY AT THAT POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED BACK TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO DELTA LOGBOOK ENTRY ON PAGES B-794649, 650, 703, 704, 705, 707, AND 708 THE CVR AND FDR WERE REMOVED AND SENT TO ATL. THEY THEN PERFORMED A MAINTENANCE SET-UP TEST ON THE AUTO PILOT/ILS AND INSPECTED THE RUDDER PUSH ROD SYSTEM.  ALL SYSTERMS WERE NORMAL.  THEY THEN REMOVED AND REPLACE THE LEFT, CENTER AND RIGHT FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS.  A MODE CONTROL DISPLAY PANEL BITE TEST WAS PERFORMED.  THE AUTO PILOT MODE CONTROL PANEL WAS ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED.  A FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS THEN PERFORMED ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR.  ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY AT THAT TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE AND FLOWN TO BOEING FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD00IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00IA032), Mar 31, 2000: Boeing 767-332 (N182DN), New York City, NY, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The first officer's failure to maintain control of the airplane during climb out over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the incident were the cloud layer and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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